George Edward Tait (December 29, 1943[citation needed] – November 5, 2017) was an American poet, writer, educator, storyteller, journalist, activist, historian, public speaker, tutor, bandleader, musician, and performer.
George Edward Tait was secretary of the Afrikan Nationalist Pioneer Movement which was founded by Carlos A. Cooks.
Which produced a seven-year Wednesday series of weekly poetry readings entitled Black Words.
The series featured well known activists, artists, poets, and scholars; such as Jayne Cortez, Amiri Baraka, Elombe Brath, Abbey Lincoln (her adopted name Aminata Moseka), Abiodun Oyewole, Black Rose, Abiola Sinclair, Queen Mother Moore, Sekou Sundiata, John Watusi Branch, David Nelson The Last Poets, Abiodun Oyewole, Cheryl Byron, Sonia Sanchez, Quincy Troupe, Preston Wilcox, Carlos Russell, Queen Mother Moore, Louis Reyes Rivera, Rosemari Mealy, Dr. Lonnetta Marie Taylor-Gaines, Leon Thomas, Ruth Garnett, Duma Ndlovu, Jemisi Obanjoko, Ron Welburn.
In 2001, he was a contributing writer to the anthology Bum Rush The Page: A Def Poetry Jam.
[7] "Midnight Rounds" a poem written by George Edward Tait for his wife Akosua.
"Out of the nucleus of nature she is a nimbus in the night Her vintage voice filling the vaporized void with veracity."